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“The Heartbeat Of Nigeria” : Alphanumeric Codes On Edo State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

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“The Heartbeat Of Nigeria” : What Alphanumeric (consisting of both letters and numerals) codes on Edo State License Plates stands for. 

The unique number plate combination used by Private and Commercial vehicles is in the format ABC-123DE. 

The first three letters (ABC) indicates the Local Government Area (LGA) where the vehicle is registered.





Vehicle Registration Plates (license plate number) issued to both private and commercial vehicles in Edo State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “The Heartbeat Of Nigeria or Heart Of The Nation”, displayed at the top centre of the plate.

Like any other plates issued across the country, the unique plate combination is in the format ABC-123DE, with each of the first three letters (ABC) indicating the Local Government Areas (LGA) in Edo or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

The following are the first three letters on Edo State plate numbers and the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered.

GAR – AKOKO-EDO

USL – EGOR

RRU – ESAN-CENTRAL





URM – ESAN-NORTH-EAST

UBJ – ESAN-SOUTH-EAST

EKP – ESAN-WEST

FUG – ETSAKO-CENTRAL

AGD – ETSAKO-EAST

AUC – ETSAKO-WEST

GUE – IGUEBEN

DGE – IKPOBA-OKHA

BEN – OREDO

ABD – ORHIONMWON

AKA – OVIA-NORTH-EAST

GBZ – OVIA-SOUTH-WEST

AFZ – OWAN-EAST

SGD – OWAN-WEST

HER – UHUNMWONDE

ABC-123DE

In addition to the first three letters, which indicates the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered, the next three digits on the number plates are numbers while the last two letters are used for numbering.

Like other plates issued across the Nation, license plates generally have white background while the color of the numbers varies by vehicle type. Numbers is imprinted in blue for Private vehicles while Commercial vehicles like Danfo buses use red.





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